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Shells from Gujarat suggest that India’s lush monsoons might've helped attract several invaders in the past!

Periods of robust monsoons, translating to bountiful harvests, coincided with an upsurge in cultura…

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Expedition to 300-year-old shipwreck that could hold Spanish treasure of gold and emeralds worth $20 billion

The 1708 San José wreck is believed to hold 11 million gold and silver coins, emeralds, and other …

Rebecca Rommen   


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Colombia says it will try to recover treasures from 'holy grail of shipwrecks' worth billions

The shipwreck of the San José galleon is believed to be carrying billions of dollars worth of items…

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An amateur diver found a 3-foot sword off the Israeli coast - and filmed his discovery. It dates back to the Crusades.

Just 650 feet off Israel's Carmel coast, scuba diver Shlomi Katzin discovered a 900-year-old iron s…

Aylin Woodward   


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A Danish man found buried treasure from the Iron Age using a metal detector, just hours after turning it on for the first time

A metal detectorist has uncovered one of the largest gold hoards ever found in Denmark. An Iron Age…

Aylin Woodward   


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Sunken ancient temples were found in a mysterious underwater city, with Egyptian and Greek treasures

The temple was once part of a legendary city that disappeared after it sunk into the Mediterranean,…

Marianne Guenot   


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More wonders of the ancient world were revealed in 2021, including the mummies of Egypt's pharaohs, sunken Crusader treasure, and a Roman crucifixion

Insider's coverage of the archaeological breakthroughs included Egyptian mummies with tongues of go…

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A mysterious 4,000-year-old slab may be a treasure map that could point the way to long-lost Bronze Age riches

Mysterious engravings on an ancient stone slab, long relegated to the storage area of an ancient ca…

Marianne Guenot   


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After a doctor told him to get more exercise, this man unearthed a treasure trove that's been called the 'find of the century'

Erlend Bore's metal detector found what he thought were chocolate coins. They turned out to be rare…

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Archaeologist breaks down 10 treasure hunting scenes in movies

How realistic are treasure hunter characters like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft? See a real archaeolo…

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Divers found a treasure trove of Aboriginal tools on a lost chunk of the Australian continent, which sunk underwater thousands of years ago

"This discovery redrew the map of what archaeology can do on this continent," Jonathan Benjamin, an…

Aylin Woodward   


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Putin's forces have looted nearly 40 museums in Ukraine, plundering thousands of 'priceless' treasures, says culture minister

Russian forces have stolen thousands of artifacts from Ukraine, including a 1,500-year-old gold tia…

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Egyptian archaeologists unearthed a 4,200-year-old funerary temple for a queen and 50 coffins in an ancient city of the dead

Egyptians buried their dead at Saqqara for millennia. Archaeologists have found the funerary temple…

Aylin Woodward   


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A perfectly preserved Ancient Roman mosaic floor was discovered underneath an Italian vineyard

It was discovered near the Italian city of Verona, nearly a century after the remains of a villa we…

Zoë Ettinger   


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Amateur divers find an 'incredible' treasure trove of gold coins from the Roman Empire while cleaning up trash on the seabed

The brothers-in-law were snorkeling with masks and flippers when they uncovered one of the greatest…

Alia Shoaib   


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Want To Vacation Abroad? These 12 Places Are Creating The Buzz These Holidays

For Indians, overseas travel no longer means the ritual rush through Bangkok or Singapore – the glo…

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A Utah man searching for Forrest Fenn's $1 million treasure dug up graves at Yellowstone. Now he's headed to prison.

Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, will spend six months in prison for digging up graves at …

Kelly McLaughlin   


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A Utah man who dug up graves at Yellowstone while searching for Forrest Fenn's $1 million treasure is facing up to 12 years in prison

Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, was caught digging up graves at Yellowstone between Octob…

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7 fascinating archaeological discoveries made this month

So far, the researchers have already found evidence of the tips of more than 50 objects, including …

Erin Brodwin